The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A YACHT GLIB n New Rochelle, " esiches7er
county, Nex York, has ladies reCattas, in
which each competing yacht mus have at least
one lady aboard
Maxwell who murdered Prelier N St Louis,
was photographed last week in a great many
positions among which was that Of an oarsIlan
with an osr in one hand and river scene IN the
background
TIE Russian aeronaut Casloyiche claims TO
have at last invented a perfectly navigable bal
loon In order 10 preserve the secret OF its con
strlction ne i having the various parts OF the
balloon buili In different countries
FRox 1850 to 1880 Ronlish priests increased
5 100, but meanwhile Presbyterian ordained
ministers increased 4.276, Baptis1s 1l.s2S AID
Methodists IS. $50 TO say nothing OF large growth
in the other denominations. The aggregate in
crease was ABB Evangelical ministers 10 match
about 5,o10prlests.
MIS-. SARAH PETERs, wife Of the British Con-
su at Philadelphia in 1871. founded during her
residence there school Of design for women:
which has grown 10 be the largest institution OF
the kind in the country. The Philadelphia
Record speaks with pride OF Tie prospects OF
the school for the coming year.
HIRAM PAU1-EY, of El111dale, III, has a rattle
snake that can be handled with safety. He is
brown, with black stripes, nearly four feet long,
weighs two pounds and two ounces. with seven
rattles and button on it, tai. Pauley says
while holding its head in his hand
DR.. SAMUEL SEXTON states in Science that he
has noted in his own practice ffty-one cases in
which children had suffered more or less serious
injury lin one case death to their ears being
boxed on the side Of the head by their
parents or others. This form Of chastisement
be shows TO be highly dangerous one.
A PARTY Of japanese have bought 400 acres Of
land in the foothills near Campo Seco, Calav-
eras county. California. and they propose TO IT.
rigatr through mining ditch from the Moke-
lumne river and convert ii into a tea farm. Il
is said that japanese have experimental with
tea in the vicinity and proved it success
Miss OLGA NEYMAxN. New York's one woman
dentist, declares that she is treated with the
utmost courtesy by the masculine members OF
the profession, who welcome her very cordially
to their ranks and make her feel at home In
business III which she thinks woman sdehcacy
Of touch and care for details Of special value.
A CURIOUS OLD ANCHOR very probably lost by
the early French missionaries. was found at the
head Of Green Bay. 1t appears 10 have been
constructed from young maple tree having
three branches from the root. Another bsr
was fastened on. Thus far il Is like round
topped stool with four legs. On the bottom Of
these legs were fastened with mortise and
tenon. the fiukes, which were bars Of oak cross
ing each other.
JK. HoLCRoFr Of Santa Cruz, Cal. has been
engaged since Monday morning in Telling a red
wood tree or the ranch of J. II. REYNOLDS, in
Blackburn ggIlch, about three miles from town
Mr.. HOlcroft who Is veteran in the business
saws that this is the largest tree he has ever cut
down in Santa Cruz county. II stands $50 feet
high and is - feet in diameter at the base. At
the point where the cutting is being done 1t VIII
measure l6 feet through.
10. RUDESE. Washington Territory farmer
owned Holstein bull worth $500 which was a
i T. ~, -
one day last week and Mr. Rudene, Intending to
brighten the animal. loaded up his shotgun with
an extra charge of powder and large wad Of
paper Then, planting himself squarely in front
of his bullship he let drive at short range;
When the smoke Of battle cleared away the bull
was discovered lying on the ground too dead TO
be of any use.
JUDGE ToURGEE author of "A Fools Errand, =
will put forth three new books during the fall.
one of which will be the series of Letters TO a
King now being published in a syndicate of
religious newspapers Buttons Inn. Is the
tltle given 70 story OF when me aulhor SAYS;
1T is merely little romance thrown about an
old hostel perched on the hills above Lake Erie,
with a background Of early MormoniSm. il is
really portrayal Of the life out of which Nor
monism grew" Tourgee's third book viii be a
novel to which he has given the curious title
BLACK Ice
The salary of the President. as everybody
knows, is $4,000 His official and household
STAFF. including private secretaries clerks, mes
sengers, doorkeepers. steward. fFemen etc :,
| cost for salaries S33. So; for the contingent
expenses" of tie executive Office. on official &C
count. the sum of $ 900 is provided; for care
repair and refurnishing the Executive Mansion
| S16. 900 per wear is granted by Congress. to be
| expended as the President may direct: fuel for
| the Executive Mansion greenhouses and stable
| cost 5000 per annum: for care and necessary
| repair of greenhouses there is a regular annual
| appropriation of $4,000.
THE recent disnanthng of the bark Winifred
| in Baltimore, after having done fine service in
the Brazil coffee trade has recalled TO the citi-
zens of that place war episode. The Winifred
was in port the Sunday following the riot in
| Baltimore growing ont Of the passage Of the
| Massachusetts, troops through that city subse-
| quent TO the firing upon Fort Sumter. Capt
| MunsOn. of Richmond, Va. was in command of
| the Winifred. and he hosted the Palmetto flag
| at her mizzen that day, which caused threats of
| mobbing the vessel to be made openly. Capt
| Munson. in the face of an excited crowd. walked
the deck of the bark. daring anyone TO haul the
| flag down. No one was brave enough to accept
| the challenge, and at sunset Capt. Munson
| hauled it down himself
A PHILADELPHIA UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER
says there are about 2,5oO,Oo0 umbrellas and
parasols sold in this country every year
| America has gone ahead Of foreign nations in
manufacturing them. and not more than 10 per
| cent are imported. The Sheffield umbrella,
| however still leads the world. Domestic
makers have to figure very closely, and were
| they 70 raise prices 10 per cent the country
| would he deluged with foreign material
| It is a remarkable circumstance, says
| the Philadelphia Press that only one person has
| ever made any money on any patent on an UNI
brella, That one man is old Sammy Fox. of
| Sheffield. Eng, undoubtedly the best known
umbrella maker in the world. He made the
first para Eon frame. and ne got a royalty from
every one made for fourteen years. An UNI
rIer. lof1 l.
No one firm makes an entire umbrella. the
ribs and braces are made in one factory, the
sticks in another. and the little catches that
slide along the stick in still another, while the
silk is imported. Fashion has a great deal to
do with the business.
SpEAKING of the late John H. Rogers, Of Bos-
ton, the Traveller of that city remarks that some
twenty-five or thirty years ago, when at the
height Of IFS popularity, his store the rally
ing point 10 procure French boots English gait
ers and Richards exfra-sized boots Of American
manufacture, This fact brought 10 the spot
many very notable per7ons. The greeting and
hv-play of old friends as they met there made il
often tempting place 10 visit. The writer re-
members seeing there Webster. E.'fuS Choate
Sumner Abbott Lawrence. CsrS'er Harding
(the artist George Tyler Bigciow and many
other legal eminences. Chief Justice Shaw was
one of the patrons of the corner" and Pro
fessor Webster and DR.. Psr'Snan and Ex-Cfov
Clifford II wouid he difficult to mention anv
prominent name. literary or professional Of that
day that did not get their leather wear al the
corner" One occasion is memorable. for grnup
ed together selecting French shoes or English
he historian ba